Game 1: Parfrey 8, Hewes 3
Backed by the bats of Chris Hall (2-for-3, triple, 4 RBI), and Freddy Melendez (3-for-3, RBI), Parfrey (2-2) scattered 12 hits and won. Hall's 2-run triple broke a 3-3 tie in the 4th inning.
Game 2: O'Connor 4, Melendez 3
With the 11am curfew rapidly approaching in the bottom of the 6th, Don Weiss tripled to right, and Zach Nilva hit a deep sac fly to right-center to bring him in, breaking a 3-3 tie. Jim O'Connor (4-1) settled down after allowing a run in each of the first 3 innings to shut down a good offense over the final four. Ian Parfrey was 2-for-3 with an RBI for O'Connor's team, and Fred Lang made two game-saving catches in right field. Sal Cipriano hit his first HR of the season in a losing cause.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Let's Play 2 Opens With a Win
Since Dave Sommers' Let's Play 2 team uses so many SFLOI regulars, I thought I'd briefly recap their 6-5 nailbiting win over The Legends at the Great Lawn this evening. LP2 took an early 3-0 lead, keyed by Nick S.'s 2-run triple, but fell behind 5-3 later on. A 3-run rally in the top of the 5th featured a game-tying dead-duck single by Ian, and a go-ahead single up the middle by Dave. Jeff Appell got the win, and Ian pitched 3 scoreless for the save. The LP2 defense was flawless, with 2 baserunner kills from the outfield (Paul Brill and Izzy), and stellar infield glove work, including the impossible stretches of first baseman Jason "Plastic Man" Yudoff.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
OPENING DAY!!
In what is hopefully a sign of things to come, the Heckscher grounds crew were efficient and unobtrusive, and we were on the field before 8:30. Despite a serious overload of players (33 in Game 2), both games were enjoyable and closely fought contests.
In game 1, Hewes defeated Appell 6-5. Hewes's team was led by Brian Hernandez (2-for-2, 2B, RBI). Don Weiss added 2 hits, and Russell Rivera drove in the go-ahead run with a 5th-inning single. Appell backed his own pitching with 2 hits, and Ian Parfrey homered and drove in three. Appell's team mounted a furious comeback in the 7th, but left the tying run on first base.
In game 2, Melendez beat Parfrey 7-5 in 6 innings. Gabe Hernandez's 3-run homer in the 3rd inning was the decisive blow. Gabe, Robert Rodriguez Sr., and Chris Hall all had 2 hits. Again, the tying run was stranded on base in the last inning.
In game 1, Hewes defeated Appell 6-5. Hewes's team was led by Brian Hernandez (2-for-2, 2B, RBI). Don Weiss added 2 hits, and Russell Rivera drove in the go-ahead run with a 5th-inning single. Appell backed his own pitching with 2 hits, and Ian Parfrey homered and drove in three. Appell's team mounted a furious comeback in the 7th, but left the tying run on first base.
In game 2, Melendez beat Parfrey 7-5 in 6 innings. Gabe Hernandez's 3-run homer in the 3rd inning was the decisive blow. Gabe, Robert Rodriguez Sr., and Chris Hall all had 2 hits. Again, the tying run was stranded on base in the last inning.
Monday, April 5, 2010
COHEN'S CONCOCTIONS #7
REALLY ROTTEN RESULTS
The general manager hired a psychiatrist for his star but slumping player, whose slump was costing the team a chance to compete in post-season. For a great fee, the psychiatrist broke confidentiality rules. That's how the general manager learned the emotional basis of the player's slump: beloved wife's adulterous betrayal to a threatened divorce extent, since there were no children. At great expense, the general manager hired a detective who located and paid off handsomely the wife's adulterer to abandon the wife. The payments to the psychiatrist, detective, and adulterer added up to financially ruin the ball team, whose owner fired the general manager. The distressed key player, despite his also distressed wife's profuse apology, partially but insufficiently recovered from his slump, and the team failed to make the playoffs. To top off a lousy season, the key player had to be sold off to partially alleviate the team's financial hole that the fired general manager had dug. The player hated being sold, and he never forgave his wife, so they divorced. Love down the drain. Such a lousy season for all concerned. Did any good come out of this? Yes, but only for the enriched psychiatrist, the enriched detective, and the enriched adulterer, who never did truly love the key player's straying wife. So we congratulate the gainers, while commiserating with the key player, his wife, the general manager, the team owner, the team's fans, and anyone else who needs consoling, including this story's readers, who stuck with such a downer, such a string of negatives, an altogether loser, losing all this time that could have been put to more profitable use. Sorry.
Marvin Cohen is the author of several books including Baseball The Beautiful (1974) and a former creative writing teacher at the New School. Marvin plays first base for Softball For The Love Of It.
The general manager hired a psychiatrist for his star but slumping player, whose slump was costing the team a chance to compete in post-season. For a great fee, the psychiatrist broke confidentiality rules. That's how the general manager learned the emotional basis of the player's slump: beloved wife's adulterous betrayal to a threatened divorce extent, since there were no children. At great expense, the general manager hired a detective who located and paid off handsomely the wife's adulterer to abandon the wife. The payments to the psychiatrist, detective, and adulterer added up to financially ruin the ball team, whose owner fired the general manager. The distressed key player, despite his also distressed wife's profuse apology, partially but insufficiently recovered from his slump, and the team failed to make the playoffs. To top off a lousy season, the key player had to be sold off to partially alleviate the team's financial hole that the fired general manager had dug. The player hated being sold, and he never forgave his wife, so they divorced. Love down the drain. Such a lousy season for all concerned. Did any good come out of this? Yes, but only for the enriched psychiatrist, the enriched detective, and the enriched adulterer, who never did truly love the key player's straying wife. So we congratulate the gainers, while commiserating with the key player, his wife, the general manager, the team owner, the team's fans, and anyone else who needs consoling, including this story's readers, who stuck with such a downer, such a string of negatives, an altogether loser, losing all this time that could have been put to more profitable use. Sorry.
Marvin Cohen is the author of several books including Baseball The Beautiful (1974) and a former creative writing teacher at the New School. Marvin plays first base for Softball For The Love Of It.
EASTER WITH SFLOI (A RECAP OF EPIC PROPORTIONS)
A Very SFLOI Easter turned out to be an ugly affair with a 9-inning, 27-9, walloping of Hewes' Bonnets by Martinez's Bunnies. The Bonnets started rather strong taking a 9-3 lead into the fourth inning, but it all unraveled for the Commish when the Bunnies plated 11 with a string of 5 singles and 3 doubles. With a mass exodus coming at noon, the day's events changed from the usual two 7-inning games to one 9, and Martinez's crew kept pounding it in as the game went along. The pitching and defense held up their end of the bargain as well from there on, finally ending the two+ hour affair at 12:15PM.
The offensive stars included Alex Rivera (6-8, 4 doubles, triple, 5 RBI), Zach Nilva (5-8, 2 doubles, HR, 4 RBI), and Nel Yomtov (5-7, double, HR, 3 RBI).
We now bid adieu to Hastings and our winter league brethren! It's been fun, and we'll see you in the Fall!
Next week SFLOI moves back to Central Park's Heckscher Field and welcomes back it's largest chunk of players for the spring/summer season! Game time is 8:30AM! Be there!
*please note, statistics will not be updated till next week due to Mr. Parfrey being on European Holiday!
The offensive stars included Alex Rivera (6-8, 4 doubles, triple, 5 RBI), Zach Nilva (5-8, 2 doubles, HR, 4 RBI), and Nel Yomtov (5-7, double, HR, 3 RBI).
We now bid adieu to Hastings and our winter league brethren! It's been fun, and we'll see you in the Fall!
Next week SFLOI moves back to Central Park's Heckscher Field and welcomes back it's largest chunk of players for the spring/summer season! Game time is 8:30AM! Be there!
*please note, statistics will not be updated till next week due to Mr. Parfrey being on European Holiday!
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